Uninstalling Linux

[GreenEnvy]

Hi, I have had a dual boot running with WinXP and RedHat7, using Grub.

circumstances dictate that I remove linux for now, and I am still a linux newbie so I need a hand.

I had this setup earlier but with Corel Linux (don't ask) and LILO and what I did to remove it was wipe out the linux partition, then do fdisk/mbr and Windows was back.

When I did this now, (again deleted Linux partitions and added it to windows one, then did fdisk/mbr) I get just a grub prompt, I cant seem to get windows to load.

Can I recover my windows partition or do I need to wipe it out and start again?

Thanks,
Lee

[danbo]

you could wipe out all partitions but i believe if you just delete the linux partition(s) using fdisk then it will be fine

[GreenEnvy]

slight correction to make..
after I had removed the linux partition I was getting the grub loader, so I did the fsidk/mbr
now I just get an error "error loading operating system" so I think its a windows issue, probably cant locate the right partition anymore.

[Dillinger]

Boot up with your windows install cd and choose repair and do fixMBR (not sure if thats the actual command, there will be a list of options).

[RootLinux]

I do believe that is correct.
Fix the boot record with Windows and Linux will no longer try to boot up.

[zdawg]

remove linux?

[GreenEnvy]

Already tried the fixMBR option
I think the windows bootloader is now active but it's looking for WinXP on partition 1 rather then 0.
I'm going to try manually changing the config files tommorow..


Thanks for all the quick replies guys.

[variant]

why not create a linux boot floppy and use that to boot windows if all else fails